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Jul 18, 2007

Mindstorms Robot as Painter

This artist uses a Mindstorms robot to create paintings on canvas. (The article isn't clear on what version of Mindstorms he uses).

The top photo is a picture of himself with his rig. The middle photo is a painting of his wife created by the robot. The bottom photo is the actual painting apparatus: a wheel of colored, wax sticks that "paint" on a heated canvas. The artist programs the robot to paint the dots in particular locations, as the apparatus moves in rows up and down the painting. The article about his work is here.

Hello All, The RoboLab version is 2.5.4.B. I look forward to going to NXT. The painting robot flies by the seat of its pants. I just about burned my self out getting the large 16” x 20” painting done before the opening. Two switches gave me real trouble. I look forward to reducing the size of the wax stick and making a better holder with tolerance around 1/16”. Using the “Get Pixel Color” command drives this machine. The image of the program is an early version. Next, I want to use the camera to take a snap shot, locate a group of pixels and reduce the group to one of eight colors by posterizing it, then go to the next section of the live image. I like your forum. I am sure I will use it and view it. I have been using Lugnet to great success. Thanks for the interest. http://tomlohre.com/lego.htm

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